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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting My script stops after logoff...why?? Post 302755635 by zigizag on Monday 14th of January 2013 01:23:37 AM
Old 01-14-2013
if this is my code,where should i put the nohup?
Code:
#! /bin/bash
while true
do
   proc_num=$(ps a | grep yourscript | wc -l)
   echo "loop1: "proc_num=$proc_num
   sleep 2
   while (( $proc_num < 5 ))
      do
         echo "loop 2: "proc_num=$proc_num
         sleep 2
         yourscript &      #add a single process
      done
   echo " out of loop 1 "
   sleep 1
done
#let something else use the box done

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 01-14-2013 at 03:07 AM.. Reason: code tags
 

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